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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1894
Page
2
The unreadable text rails at Republicans and President Cleveland amid scattered notes on elections, Libby prison, labor wages, schooling changes, and local street plans. It references the New Herald and various citizens, but the sense is obscured by OCR errors and mixed fragments.
A poorly legible scan yields a mosaic of names, events, and notices from Plainfield and nearby towns. It records labor day observances, lodge meetings, sales notes, weather hints, and assorted local happenings, including property fire losses, a ball game result, and community announcements featuring residents and merchants. The piece mixes political rhetoric with routine civic updates and short town notices.
A chaotic street scene last night left pedestrians dodging partial traffic hazards. A battered sidewalk and a long record of wear prompted two close calls as a pair hurried past, one nearly tripping twice in two hundred feet.
Local notes report visits by Mice Mame Hiweman and others to Plainfield and nearby towns. Townsfolk attend church events at Presbyterian and note community memories, farm gatherings, and travel to Bakerstown and Qutasaugia. A television channel is mentioned, plus various families converging for a reunion at Wart F Blackton Farm near Sew Mar Nateenes.
The article notes a seminar at Clewmm cictage to Wa on 1 emt involving prominent figures. Chief telageagh oy prepares a private meeting with the Wrnmevivsness Rasirend for a day of discussion and social engagements surrounding Joaice Smee. A tentative plan for a South Paindedd buyout is mentioned along with a meeting of the onaemsttow om tent teambs.
A fragmented description of a September Ladies Journal issue with references to contributors Mrs Horton Kimgaiane and Mr B Bark. Mentions a magazine by Carte Publishing Company and an array of local political figures including ex Alderman Obsresi, K Hal ay, and candidates for County Clerk and Assembly in Elizabethport and Union County, with a note that three assembly candidates will be drawn from Rab Republican World.
Residents of South Fiarfeld enjoy a Sunday sail and picnic with friends from East Orange and Crescent Avenue Church while a local health board seeks a suitable temporary shelter to house contagion patients. The Grand Army of the Republic and Naval Veterans expect a large Pittsburgh encampment and the Baltimore and Ohio line offers excursion tickets for veterans travel in September.
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